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The American Way of Killing

The Invention of an Epidemic

by Malcolm Gladwell ...

Narrated by Malcolm Gladwell ...

Unabridged

5 hours 18 min

Malcolm Gladwell’s most urgent book yet: a provocative investigation of America’s epidemic of gun violence.The United States has far more homicides than any of its peers around the world. Why?In this groundbreaking book, Malcolm Gladwell explores the American “peculiarity”—how the world’s wealthiest country came to suffer from a problem typically only seen in the world’s poorest countries.Drawing ... Read more

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Malcolm Gladwell’s most urgent book yet: a provocative investigation of America’s epidemic of gun violence.The United States has far more homicides than any of its peers around the world. Why?In this groundbreaking book, Malcolm Gladwell explores the American “peculiarity”—how the world’s wealthiest country came to suffer from a problem typically only seen in the world’s poorest countries.Drawing
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Conflict

The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine

by David Petraeus, Andrew Roberts ...

Narrated by David Petraeus, Robert Fass ...

Unabridged

18 hours 27 min

Two leading authorities—an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strategist of our time—collaborate on a landmark examination of war since 1945. Conflict is both a sweeping history of the evolution of warfare up to Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine, and a penetrating analysis of what we must learn from the past—and anticipate in the future—in order to navigate an ... Read more

$39.99 USD

Two leading authorities—an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strategist of our time—collaborate on a landmark examination of war since 1945. Conflict is both a sweeping history of the evolution of warfare up to Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine, and a penetrating analysis of what we must learn from the past—and anticipate in the future—in order to navigate an
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Project Maven

A Marine Colonel, His Team, and the Dawn of AI Warfare

by Katrina Manson ...

Narrated by Katrina Manson ...

Unabridged

13 hours 30 min

The dramatic story of the secretive decade-long Pentagon campaign to deliver America into the age of AI warfare.In 2017, a small crew gathered in a windowless Pentagon room to put AI at the heart of how America makes war. Led by Drew Cukor, an unyielding Marine Corps colonel driven by the deaths of US troops and the prospect of war with an AI-equipped China, the Project Maven team raced to send AI ... Read more

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The dramatic story of the secretive decade-long Pentagon campaign to deliver America into the age of AI warfare.In 2017, a small crew gathered in a windowless Pentagon room to put AI at the heart of how America makes war. Led by Drew Cukor, an unyielding Marine Corps colonel driven by the deaths of US troops and the prospect of war with an AI-equipped China, the Project Maven team raced to send AI
... Read more
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Armas nucleares: Cómo la humanidad desarrolló la capacidad de aniquilarse a sí misma

by Salvador Olivares ...

Narrated by Salvador Olivares ...

Unabridged

2 hours 16 min

La curiosidad científica por el átomo desencadenó la carrera armamentística que amenaza con la aniquilación global. Ideal para sumergirte durante tus trayectos matutinos, este tenso relato histórico te transporta a los laboratorios secretos y los despachos militares donde se gestó el arma más letal jamás concebida.Siente el peso abrumador de las decisiones que alteraron el curso de la humanidad y ... Read more

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La curiosidad científica por el átomo desencadenó la carrera armamentística que amenaza con la aniquilación global. Ideal para sumergirte durante tus trayectos matutinos, este tenso relato histórico te transporta a los laboratorios secretos y los despachos militares donde se gestó el arma más letal jamás concebida.Siente el peso abrumador de las decisiones que alteraron el curso de la humanidad y
... Read more
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1983

Reagan, Andropov, and a World on the Brink

by Taylor Downing ...

Narrated by Ben Onwukwe ...

Unabridged

12 hours 32 min

A riveting, real-life thriller about 1983--the year tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union nearly brought the world to the point of nuclear ArmageddonThe year 1983 was an extremely dangerous one--more dangerous than 1962, the year of the Cuban Missile Crisis. In the United States, President Reagan vastly increased defense spending, described the Soviet Union as an "evil empire," ... Read more

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A riveting, real-life thriller about 1983--the year tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union nearly brought the world to the point of nuclear ArmageddonThe year 1983 was an extremely dangerous one--more dangerous than 1962, the year of the Cuban Missile Crisis. In the United States, President Reagan vastly increased defense spending, described the Soviet Union as an "evil empire,"
... Read more
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Ricochet

Guns, Greed, and the American Way of Violence

by Mike McIntire ...

Narrated by Alan Carlson ...

Unabridged

8 hours 24 min

Three-time Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Mike McIntire delivers the definitive story of the forces that shape gun culture and the American way of violence.Not too long ago, you could still envision a future for America not marked by gun idolatry, blood-stained classrooms, and empty offers of thoughts and prayers. Yet a witches’ brew of politics, money, and ideology has warped gun culture in the ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Three-time Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Mike McIntire delivers the definitive story of the forces that shape gun culture and the American way of violence.Not too long ago, you could still envision a future for America not marked by gun idolatry, blood-stained classrooms, and empty offers of thoughts and prayers. Yet a witches’ brew of politics, money, and ideology has warped gun culture in the
... Read more
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Empire of Deterrence

Nuclear Weapons and the Containment of Politics

by Michael Gardiner ...

Narrated by Adrian Hobart ...

Unabridged

4 hours 39 min

This book considers nuclear deterrence as a form of authority. It describes the rise of deterrence in the Anglosphere particularly as the rule of economic law hardened to protect a civilization in its deterministic, automated phase. Nuclear deterrence has increasingly been leveraged against populations to smother politics and protect an absolute stasis with its heart in a cybernetics of human ... Read more

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This book considers nuclear deterrence as a form of authority. It describes the rise of deterrence in the Anglosphere particularly as the rule of economic law hardened to protect a civilization in its deterministic, automated phase. Nuclear deterrence has increasingly been leveraged against populations to smother politics and protect an absolute stasis with its heart in a cybernetics of human
... Read more
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Die Rückkehr des Krieges

Warum wir wieder lernen müssen, mit Krieg umzugehen

by Franz-Stefan Gady ...

Narrated by Mathias Grimm ...

Unabridged

11 hours 22 min

Die Kriege in der Ukraine und in Nahost sind Symptom einer sich seit Jahrzehnten anbahnenden Zeitenwende: Militärische Konfrontation wird zunehmend wieder als legitimes Mittel zur Fortsetzung der Politik angesehen. Ausgehend von diesem Moment, aber auch vorangegangene Konflikte mit einbeziehend, analysiert Franz-Stefan Gady die konstante Natur des Krieges sowie den sich wandelnden Charakter der ... Read more

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Die Kriege in der Ukraine und in Nahost sind Symptom einer sich seit Jahrzehnten anbahnenden Zeitenwende: Militärische Konfrontation wird zunehmend wieder als legitimes Mittel zur Fortsetzung der Politik angesehen. Ausgehend von diesem Moment, aber auch vorangegangene Konflikte mit einbeziehend, analysiert Franz-Stefan Gady die konstante Natur des Krieges sowie den sich wandelnden Charakter der
... Read more
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Biological Warfare: A History of Germ Weapons, Outbreaks, and the Global Fight to Prevent the Next Pandemic

by Adrian Falkner ...

Narrated by Adrian Falkner ...

Unabridged

2 hours 1 min

Uncover the gripping military history of biological warfare and the hidden government labs weaponizing deadly pathogens. Perfect for a thought-provoking commute, this unsettling true science narrative traces the invisible enemy of engineered disease from poisoned medieval wells to Cold War espionage.Step inside the secretive world where rogue actors and brilliant scientists manipulate the very ... Read more

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Uncover the gripping military history of biological warfare and the hidden government labs weaponizing deadly pathogens. Perfect for a thought-provoking commute, this unsettling true science narrative traces the invisible enemy of engineered disease from poisoned medieval wells to Cold War espionage.Step inside the secretive world where rogue actors and brilliant scientists manipulate the very
... Read more
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An old master, and Other Political Essays

by Woodrow Wilson ...

Unabridged

3 hours 57 min

Welcome to the insightful world of Woodrow Wilson's "An Old Master, and Other Political Essays", where the complexities of political thought and the intricacies of governance are explored through the eloquent prose of one of America's most distinguished statesmen.Immerse yourself in this collection of essays as Wilson, with his keen intellect and profound understanding of political theory, delves ... Read more

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Welcome to the insightful world of Woodrow Wilson's "An Old Master, and Other Political Essays", where the complexities of political thought and the intricacies of governance are explored through the eloquent prose of one of America's most distinguished statesmen.Immerse yourself in this collection of essays as Wilson, with his keen intellect and profound understanding of political theory, delves
... Read more
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True Colours

The 10th Spider Shepherd Thriller

by Stephen Leather ...

Narrated by Paul Thornley ...

Series Audiobook 10 - The Spider Shepherd Thrillers
Unabridged

14 hours 42 min

Readers can't get enough of Dan 'Spider' Shepherd'I simply can't get enough of Spider Shepherd' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Spider Shepherd is the new James Bond' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'This series just gets better and better' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Action packed, spine-chilling excitement' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A truly heart-racing read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐The Russian oligarchs are the world's new elite. They treat the world as their plaything,... ... Read more

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Readers can't get enough of Dan 'Spider' Shepherd'I simply can't get enough of Spider Shepherd' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Spider Shepherd is the new James Bond' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'This series just gets better and better' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Action packed, spine-chilling excitement' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A truly heart-racing read' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐The Russian oligarchs are the world's new elite. They treat the world as their plaything,...
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Arms and the Dudes

How Three Stoners from Miami Beach Became the Most Unlikely Gunrunners in History

by Guy Lawson ...

Narrated by Jason Culp ...

Unabridged

9 hours 25 min

The page-turning, inside account of how three kids from Florida became bigtime weapons traders—and how the US government turned on them.In January of 2007, three young stoners from Miami Beach won a $300 millionDepartment of Defense contract to supply ammunition to the Afghanistanmilitary. Incredibly, instead of fulfilling the order with high-quality arms, EfraimDiveroli, David Packouz, and Alex ... Read more

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The page-turning, inside account of how three kids from Florida became bigtime weapons traders—and how the US government turned on them.In January of 2007, three young stoners from Miami Beach won a $300 millionDepartment of Defense contract to supply ammunition to the Afghanistanmilitary. Incredibly, instead of fulfilling the order with high-quality arms, EfraimDiveroli, David Packouz, and Alex
... Read more
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Cold Rivals

The New Era of US-China Strategic Competition

Narrated by Tom Parks ...

Unabridged

19 hours 1 min

Leading authorities analyze growing tensions in US-China relations and what this means for the futureThe US-China relationship is now defined by "strategic competition." In Cold Rivals, a distinguished group of scholars from the United States and China examine the reasons for this deterioration and its implications for world politics.The two countries are now competitors locked in a long-term ... Read more

$30.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Leading authorities analyze growing tensions in US-China relations and what this means for the futureThe US-China relationship is now defined by "strategic competition." In Cold Rivals, a distinguished group of scholars from the United States and China examine the reasons for this deterioration and its implications for world politics.The two countries are now competitors locked in a long-term
... Read more
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Brief History of Biological Warfare, A: The Use of Disease as a Weapon

by Stephen Marlowe ...

Narrated by Stephen Marlowe ...

Unabridged

1 hour 53 min

Explore the dark intersection of military history and lethal contagion where disease becomes a devastating weapon of war. Perfect for a focused listening session, this gripping narrative transforms how you view human conflict. Discover how ancient armies and modern states weaponized pathogens with chilling precision.From poisoned wells to the terrifying potential of synthetic biology, this ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Explore the dark intersection of military history and lethal contagion where disease becomes a devastating weapon of war. Perfect for a focused listening session, this gripping narrative transforms how you view human conflict. Discover how ancient armies and modern states weaponized pathogens with chilling precision.From poisoned wells to the terrifying potential of synthetic biology, this
... Read more
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A Gun of Her Own

The Everyday Lives of Women Who Shoot

by Margaret S. Kelley ...

Narrated by Rebecca Kaser ...

Unabridged

7 hours 43 min

Exploring the growing phenomenon of women gun owners in middle America, this book challenges the conventional narratives that often dominate discussions of gun culture.By applying a feminist and critical cultural framework, A Gun of Her Own: The Everyday Lives of Women Who Shoot argues that, for many women, guns are not merely tools for protection but powerful symbols of agency and autonomy. This ... Read more

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Exploring the growing phenomenon of women gun owners in middle America, this book challenges the conventional narratives that often dominate discussions of gun culture.By applying a feminist and critical cultural framework, A Gun of Her Own: The Everyday Lives of Women Who Shoot argues that, for many women, guns are not merely tools for protection but powerful symbols of agency and autonomy. This
... Read more
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Guns on the Internet

Online Gun Communities, First Amendment Protections, and the Search for Common Ground on Gun Control

by Connie Hassett-Walker ...

Narrated by Kelly Burke ...

Unabridged

6 hours 18 min

Gun rights and control are well-trodden subjects, with prior work supporting the right of citizens to own firearms, discussing the failure of gun control efforts, or warning about or exhorting citizen gun ownership, among other things. Although social media in their many forms have only come to dominate modern U.S. life during the past decade, there has been little academic exploration of gun ... Read more

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Gun rights and control are well-trodden subjects, with prior work supporting the right of citizens to own firearms, discussing the failure of gun control efforts, or warning about or exhorting citizen gun ownership, among other things. Although social media in their many forms have only come to dominate modern U.S. life during the past decade, there has been little academic exploration of gun
... Read more
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Banning the Bomb, Smashing the Patriarchy

by Ray Acheson ...

Narrated by Roxanne Black ...

Unabridged

13 hours 21 min

With so much at stake, from climate change and reproductive rights to threats from weapons of mass destruction and police brutality, the last decade has seen ordinary people take to the streets to challenge and change the way our governments and institutions legislate our future. Movements like #BlackLivesMatter and #MeToo have had an incredible impact on public understandings and political ... Read more

$25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

With so much at stake, from climate change and reproductive rights to threats from weapons of mass destruction and police brutality, the last decade has seen ordinary people take to the streets to challenge and change the way our governments and institutions legislate our future. Movements like #BlackLivesMatter and #MeToo have had an incredible impact on public understandings and political
... Read more
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Crippled America

How to Make America Great Again

by Donald J. Trump ...

Narrated by Jeremy Lowell ...

Unabridged

4 hours 29 min

In this book (previously published as Crippled America), we’re going to look at the state of the world right now. It’s a terrible mess, and that’s putting it mildly. There has never been a more dangerous time. The politicians and special interests in Washington, DC, are directly responsible for the mess we are in. So why should we continue listening to them?It’s time to bring America back to its ... Read more

$18.99 USD

In this book (previously published as Crippled America), we’re going to look at the state of the world right now. It’s a terrible mess, and that’s putting it mildly. There has never been a more dangerous time. The politicians and special interests in Washington, DC, are directly responsible for the mess we are in. So why should we continue listening to them?It’s time to bring America back to its
... Read more
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Great Again

How to Fix Our Crippled America

by Donald J. Trump ...

Narrated by Jeremy Lowell ...

Unabridged

4 hours 27 min

In this book (previously published as Crippled America), we’re going to look at the state of the world right now. It’s a terrible mess, and that’s putting it mildly. There has never been a more dangerous time. The politicians and special interests in Washington, DC, are directly responsible for the mess we are in. So why should we continue listening to them?It’s time to bring America back to its ... Read more

$17.99 USD

In this book (previously published as Crippled America), we’re going to look at the state of the world right now. It’s a terrible mess, and that’s putting it mildly. There has never been a more dangerous time. The politicians and special interests in Washington, DC, are directly responsible for the mess we are in. So why should we continue listening to them?It’s time to bring America back to its
... Read more
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Nuclear Age History: From Atomic Discoveries to the Cold War, Disarmament, and Today’s High-Stakes Nuclear World

by Martin Kessler ...

Narrated by Martin Kessler ...

Unabridged

2 hours 3 min

Discover how abstract physics birthed a global arms race that pushed humanity to the brink of nuclear annihilation. Perfect for your morning commute, this gripping historical narrative plunges you into the tense laboratories and classified war rooms of the twentieth century. Experience the psychological weight of the Cold War as scientific breakthroughs transform into weapons of unimaginable ... Read more

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Discover how abstract physics birthed a global arms race that pushed humanity to the brink of nuclear annihilation. Perfect for your morning commute, this gripping historical narrative plunges you into the tense laboratories and classified war rooms of the twentieth century. Experience the psychological weight of the Cold War as scientific breakthroughs transform into weapons of unimaginable
... Read more
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Complex Battlespaces

The Law of Armed Conflict and the Dynamics of Modern Warfare

by Winston S. Williams, Christopher M. Ford ...

Narrated by Timothy Andrés Pabon ...

Unabridged

20 hours 21 min

The conduct of warfare is constantly shaped by new forces that create complexities in the battlespace for military operations. As the nature of how and where wars are fought changes, new challenges to the application of the extant body of international law that regulates armed conflicts arise.This inaugural volume of the Lieber Studies series seeks to address several issues in the confluence of ... Read more

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The conduct of warfare is constantly shaped by new forces that create complexities in the battlespace for military operations. As the nature of how and where wars are fought changes, new challenges to the application of the extant body of international law that regulates armed conflicts arise.This inaugural volume of the Lieber Studies series seeks to address several issues in the confluence of
... Read more
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Brief History of Nuclear Weapons, A: The Bombs That Changed the World

by Stephen Adler ...

Narrated by Stephen Adler ...

Unabridged

1 hour 56 min

Discover the gripping military history and scientific breakthroughs that birthed the world's most destructive weapons. Perfect for a focused commute or an educational deep dive, this tense chronological journey explores the secret race to split the atom. You will navigate the harrowing geopolitical landscapes of a world constantly teetering on the brink of disaster.From the clandestine ... Read more

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Discover the gripping military history and scientific breakthroughs that birthed the world's most destructive weapons. Perfect for a focused commute or an educational deep dive, this tense chronological journey explores the secret race to split the atom. You will navigate the harrowing geopolitical landscapes of a world constantly teetering on the brink of disaster.From the clandestine
... Read more
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Hell Bomb, The

by William L. Laurence ...

Narrated by Nathan Edwards ...

Unabridged

3 hours 46 min

The Hell Bomb by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist William L. Laurence is a sobering, meticulously detailed account of the dawn of the hydrogen bomb era. Written in the early 1950s, this scientific and political examination offers a front-row perspective on one of the most terrifying technological advancements in human history. Drawing on firsthand experiences from his time at Los Alamos and ... Read more

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The Hell Bomb by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist William L. Laurence is a sobering, meticulously detailed account of the dawn of the hydrogen bomb era. Written in the early 1950s, this scientific and political examination offers a front-row perspective on one of the most terrifying technological advancements in human history. Drawing on firsthand experiences from his time at Los Alamos and
... Read more
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The Twilight of the Bombs

Recent Challenges, New Dangers, and the Prospects for a World Without Nuclear Weapons

by Richard Rhodes ...

Narrated by Robertson Dean ...

Unabridged

13 hours 43 min

The culminating volume in Richard Rhodes’s monumental and prizewinning history of nuclear weapons, offering the first comprehensive narrative of the challenges faced in a post–Cold War age.The past twenty years have transformed our relationship with nuclear weapons drastically. With extraordinary depth of knowledge and understanding, Rhodes makes clear how the five original nuclear powers—Russia, ... Read more

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The culminating volume in Richard Rhodes’s monumental and prizewinning history of nuclear weapons, offering the first comprehensive narrative of the challenges faced in a post–Cold War age.The past twenty years have transformed our relationship with nuclear weapons drastically. With extraordinary depth of knowledge and understanding, Rhodes makes clear how the five original nuclear powers—Russia,
... Read more

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